English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 162 of 1086

scrub dashernoun

Someone who travels at speed through the scrub, especially chasing wild or lost livestock.

scrub downverb

To clean through a scrubbing action; to thoroughly clean up by scrubbing.

scrub inverb

To thoroughly wash one's hands and forearms in preparation for performing a surgery.

Scrub Islandname

An island of Anguilla.

scrub outverb

To leave a surgical operating theater where one has previously scrubbed in.

scrub turkeynoun

A brush turkey.

scrub upverb

To clean or wash by scrubbing.

scrub wallabynoun

Any of various wallabies living in dense vegetation, especially the black-striped wallaby, Macropus dorsalis, of eastern Queensland and New South Wales.

scrubbabilitynoun

The property of being scrubbable.

scrubbableadj

Suitable for being scrubbed.

scrubbedverb

simple past and past participle of scrub

scrubbernoun

A person or appliance that cleans floors or similar by scrubbing.

scrubbienoun

Alternative spelling of scrubby (noun).

scrubbilyadv

In a scrubby way.

scrubbinessnoun

The state or condition of being scrubby.

scrubbingverb

present participle and gerund of scrub

scrubbirdnoun

A shy, secretive, ground-dwelling bird of the genus Atrichornis, found in Australia.

scrubboardnoun

A washboard for scrubbing laundry or as an informal musical instrument

scrubbyadj

Covered with or consisting of scrub.

scrubdownnoun

A thorough scrubbing to clean something from top to bottom.

scrubeenienoun

substitute

scrubfowlnoun

A bird of the genus Megapodius; stocky, medium-large chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet.

scrubgrassnoun

A plant, the scouring rush.

scrublandnoun

A plant community characterized by scrub vegetation, consisting of low shrubs, mixed with grasses, herbs, and geophytes.

scrublessadj

Without scrubby vegetation.

scrublordnoun

A player, usually implied to be bad, who strives to enforce their own rules of how a game is to be played, what is and isn't permissible, usually with appeals to honor or morality.

scrubmannoun

A man employed to do general housework, such as cleaning a house or office.

scruboutnoun

A session of cleaning.

scrubstonenoun

A form of calciferous sandstone.

scrubtitnoun

A small bird of the thornbill family, taxonomic name Acanthornis magna, endemic to King Island and Tasmania.

scrubwomannoun

A woman employed to do general housework, such as cleaning a house or office.

scrubwoodnoun

Synonym of gumwood.

scrubwrennoun

Any of various small, mainly insectivorous passerine birds of genus Sericornis in family Acanthizidae.

scruenoun

Obsolete spelling of screw

scruffnoun

Someone with an untidy appearance.

scruffbagnoun

A scruffy person or creature.

scruffballnoun

Any scruffy creature.

scruffbucketnoun

A scruffy or ill-kempt person; a ragamuffin.

scruffilyadv

In a scruffy way.

scruffinessnoun

The state or condition of being scruffy; untidiness.

scrufflenoun

A scuffle; a physical fight or struggle.

scruffyadj

Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby.

scrumnoun

A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.

Scrum masternoun

In the Scrum framework, a facilitator of a developer team, who is accountable for removing impediments to the ability of the team to deliver the product goals and deliverables.

scrum-halfnoun

A player who introduces the ball into a scrum.

Scrumbannoun

A hybrid of Scrum and kanban.

scrumdiddlyumptiousadj

Scrumptious; delicious.

scrumhalfnoun

Alternative form of scrum-half.

scrummagenoun

An ordered formation of forwards, typically bending down, binding to one another with their arms, and pushing opponents shoulder to shoulder, in which each side aims to gain control of the ball; a scrum.

scrummagernoun

One who scrummages; usually used in reference to the qualities of front row forwards.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 54,294 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,086 pages, and you are currently viewing page 162. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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